This simple blog gives informal updates of some of our activities. For information about being in the outdoors with myself or other qualified IFMGA guides who work with me, or for industrial work at height feel free to contact me - email: info@teamascent.co.uk

Friday, 14 December 2007

An offshore oil platform and my work buddies

Heres a photo of something completely different! My workmates in the North Sea! It's nightshift and we are all trained industrial abseilers, who have to abseil down the central core of one of the conctrete legs to carry out various tasks including ultrasonic insection of the oil pipelines. We are enthuastic about our work as its exciting, worthwhile and quite well paid. We have a close knit team of very exerienced people. Never the less, working nightshift is tough and we are delighted that Nuts had the good sense to issue a complimentary poster of Gemma Atkinson with their magazine. She is a valuable asset and greatly apprecaited by our team! If you click on the photo it's much clearer!

About Me

Sandy is a qualified International Mountain Guide and has guided world wide from gentle walks to technical climbs and 8000 meter summits, including Mount Everest where he was the fifth Scottish man to climb the mountain and also made the first ascent of Lhotse West summit. Sandy was the first Scot to climb Nanga Parbat in Pakistan and in 2012 he made the first ascent of the incredible Mazeno Ridge and has written a book ,"In Some Lost Place" about this expedition. Based in Newtonmore, Scotland he also spends a lot of time in Chamonix, France and many mountain places inbetween. Team Ascent is managed from our Newtonmore base. Sandy is also an IRATA assessor and Team Leader, providing assistance and consultancy services in difficult to reach and awkward "work at height" locations utilising techniques developed from his passion in climbing and mountaineering. You can get in touch with Sandy by email : info@teamascent.co.uk